Gas-producer.



PATENTED MAY 7, 19o?.

W. B. HUGHES.

GAS PRODUCER.

APPLIoATxoN FILED MAY 26,1906.

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Tc .af/ZL zohorp, itmaylcamea: Begit'known that-I, WILLIAM B. HU'GnEs, va citizen of the United States, residing at and State of'Pennsylvania, haveinvent'ed certain Improvements in GasLProducer's, of'

' Which the following is a specication.

' This 'inyention is a 'gas producer having a revoluble top, a stationary body, a stationhopper depending from the extends upwardlyintothe pro and a stirring device which revolves beneath# the ash hopper, in combination with mechlanfl ism for simultaneously-revolving-the top va1id producer of highefliciency.

' In the. accompanying drawingszFigure `1 body4 1, -the stationary cylindrical .casing 2` 3'5 ary ash receiver,v rand, beneath a conical ash producenbodfy, a last dpipe which.

revoluble table .carrying a ucerbody the table and feeding the-fuel`- so as to properly distribute it Within thebody'.

The objectv of the improvements is to pro-- vide a simplified, automatically. operating represents a'side elevation of a gas producer embodying Inyiinprovernents, a sectiQn be? ing broken away for the purpose of illustra-- tion; Fig. 2 represents a vertical" sectional view 'of the'structureshown in Fig. 1; Fig. '3

represents a top planview of the same, and liig.- 4 represents a sectional viewtaken through the cover andthe fuel feeding mechanism.y'

A -s shown in the drawings, the improvements comprise .the-stationary vcylindrical connected with the bottom thereof, and the stationary conical vash receiver 3 depending from the casing 2,'the bottom ofy the ash rei ceiver beingclosed by thevalve 4.

The body. has the circnlar top or'cover 5, provided Withthe rim forming albasin and an apron 48 depending'into-thecircularchanf nel 9 on the body to form a Water seal.. Roll* ers 1.0, j our'naledon the top'or cover, run on a fixed tothe lever 17.

track llearried bythe body, and a rack 12.

on the rim is engaged by a pawl 13 pivoted to a short arm 14, the latterlbeing-ixed to a shaft 15 journaled', on the bracket "i6A and to revolve the top ofthe producer, by means of a connecting rod 18, pivoted to an adjustable shoe 19 on the leverand to an arm 20 fixed toa shaft 21 journaled a stationary bracket 22. I l Y The-basin .formed bythetop of the producer is supplied With Water by the'pipe 9 'd and overilovvs through the openings 25 .and

' specification of Letters recent.. I Appiimon mea may ze, 1910s.- seri'ai No. 318,875.

The pawl is. operated,

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the passages 26 tothe channel 9, which charges byan opening 27 and a waste pipe .28, whereby circulation is eiiected.v

and revolved to open `the lport 38 in the bottonrof the hop er.- f Coal is fedi lom the hopper through the passage 30 by the vane Wheel 39 'iixed on the creasing depth toward theperipheryof the top 'to effect an increased feed for the more abeveled pinion '41 -h xedthereonwhich en gages a beveled pinion 42 iixed to a stationznyv f shaft 43, the hopper having a sheave 44 fixed thereon which revolves on the shaft 43.'

The- 'top is provided With'poke-holes'fi through nipples 46' which' extend above the water level-in the basin. Within" the casingy 2, beneath theconical hopper 47 which depends from the body 1,*.is the table 48 With a rim 49 thereon forming a basin like holder for. the ashes, the table hav: ing the centrall' dis osed conical portion 50 which carries tlie blst pipe or passage 5 1. A spider 52 `fixed Within lt epipe is ,xed to a s laft 53- revoluble in a step bearing 54 .which is su ported by cross .beams 54. A 'circular' racl; 55 'on lthebottoln of. the .table is en aged -by a pinion 56' fixed-on a shaft 57 bearing 'fsothat the valve can be lowered f revoluble shaft 40, the 'vanas 39 being. of in I extended'area traversed. The shaft 40 has` Placed eccentrically-ofthe top is a duei? Whic is journaled in the bearings 15S and=59.

The shaft 4islrevolved, to revolve theftable,

coal -inthe pro ucer body, the gas escaping by the outlet, iii-being. understood that, the parts 1, 2 and 3 'are connected soas to forin an air tight vessel'.

Carried by a b'earin" 6D' between the 5 r passages' of the arts 50 and 51 through the.

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V "revolves th'fuel'isfed intothe'bod hay,

will powfudersiood that es' the topv port beneath said bo dy, and'11ecl-1a11ism for a, revolvmg top, a rcvouble ash sup- 20 the producer through lthe 'openm by "conneeting and simultaneously r'revolvng"'' 4from't1me carried 1bn by blower 62 gto the eesngiz Tied-through the -b dyo the "gas" escapes by theotlet 'eeiver 3 are 'Withdrgwn by way' e '.sad'top and support.

blast pipe fixed to vand" of the Valve-4 t o .t in1 e adbth'e," combustion is means 'of xiii# forced 4by .the

' whence itljs 'een fuel'hfromylhich 63. Y -QWit'nesses-'z Y Having.- deseribed my invention I-elaim 2%- 1 1 JosE1 H TL! CLARK, v l

1. A gasproduce;having @stationary-' 'E.:S. SANDER'SQN;`

' Inltestf v my n omeihis' 24th dayof 511135119065 resen'ee ofthe subscribingWitnesses. 4-

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